acpi_tz0: _TMP value is absurd ignored (-269.7C) Message in every 3 seconds .

[John Nielsen]

On Monday 06 October 2008 02:07:17 am dhaneshk k wrote:
> I installed freebsd-7.0  in a p4 machine , after installation when I
> reboot the machine , I am getting the message
>
> acpi_tz0: _TMP value is absurd ignored (-269.7C)   in every 3 seconds

I have a machine that does this as well. I haven't done any research into 
the cause or an actual fix, but a workaround is to add
	hw.acpi.thermal.polling_rate=0
to /etc/sysctl.conf.

JN